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Oak Ridge Contract Briefing Sparks Huge Virtual Turnout

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

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Oak Ridge Contract Briefing Sparks Huge Virtual Turnout

Lured by the prize of a megabuck contract, more than 150 individuals and 60 organizations registered to take part in online briefings last week on the planned remediation deal at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The list of firms that turned out to kick the tires and learn more about the potentially 10-year, $8.3 billion contract reads like a who’s who of the DoE business. These include Atkins, Amentum, Bechtel, BWX Technologies [BWXT], CDM Smith, EnergySolutions, Fluor…

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Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

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U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

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White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]